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Off on a vacation. Tune back in  by mid June!!

Voted

After possibly 4-5 years of not having a voter id and other excuses, finally got an id and cast my vote today.
I will have myself to blame as well if my choice proves wrong...heheh.

Aditi wanted a tattoo as well, on seeing my nail mark!!

37 years young

That is what I turned yesterday.

The girls and amma made carrot cake for me and the girls made umpteen cards( including pop up ones) and some plastic bead maalais and bracelets


S a dear friend and now neighbour, baked me a cake and got it with her adorable girls in the evening

Wishes poured in and made my day and Navy despite being away on office tour took an earlier flight home!

The previous day, I had a great official trip to Ahbad with some personal stuff thrown in a visit to Sanskriti for clothes and one to Govardhan Taal for Gujju food aaaand a visit to the Book Fair there!!

Today , I met some of the blog friends  and was greeted with flowers in a restaurant called Carrot!!

Awesome start!! Let the celebration continue.....

The weekend that was

Had a nice cosy session at Easy Lib. Surprised to see such few people know of the awesome Karadi Rhymes. More pics at Art's Tales.

In other news, Anush and Adi have begun sleeping in their own room by themselves.Very proud of  Adi and for Anush - slow but steady progress.

Anush is a pillar of strength for Adi and I see her constantly helping her overcome fears. The other day the bouncy castle that seemed so intimidating to Adi became a wonderful experience thanks to Anushka.

Karadi and Tulika Rhymes and Songs today

Forgot to post about this....do come if you are in Blore and see it on time!!

Barefoot Picnic

The girls decided to have a picnic at 6.30am.


What better place than here and what better time than now?

The simple pleasures of childhood  and the wondrous joys of motherhood!!

Summer so far...

....has been fun !

Had a good time at Bookalore. First time I got a real bouquet for story telling!!

Went to Indya Kaleidoscope and it has lovely stuff though many of the things we already have

Ate with a dear and talented friend S at The Great Indian Thali. Was wowed by the padwal sweet and got the recipe for palak halwa.


This is the first weekend that I was home without Navy and the girls.
They went to Cmani as I was busy with Bookalore .

Usually I am away when I do over-nighters on work.
This was truly relaxing and helped get a lot of home  work done.

The girls  attended two camps this summer so far-
Juniors' Journey was fabulous - well structured, neat, good quality crafts and interesting activities
Kara was a second as per the girls - possibly more crowded ? more of a play school....

The girls were very helpful with the surprise do for Navaneeth
They have been surprising me with birthday cards ever since- hehe.

In terms of trips we have done the Art Museum, Chintamani (twice), Chennai  and look forward to the long outing next month.
 
They have been of course indulging in books, games, photography and crafts at home, in the play park, in the apartment pool.

The header pic is by Anushka. Thought it was interesting

Bookalore- April

Have you registered yet?  Do come. Tulika and Karadi stories  in my session!!

Simply Fun !!

Anush had a surprise visit from her best buddy from her first school in Blore.

Took the girls to Chinatmani for a sleepover.

They dressed up for Vishu and organised a treasure hunt for me and generally had a ball.
Sans gizmos of any kind.

When Anush turned Art Detective

At the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore.  

The Art detective kit comprises of picture clues on paintings. Printed on cards and well made they also pose a series of fun questions about the art. The kit includes works of artists like  Jamini Roy and Amrita Sher-Gil.

I tired to keep Adi involved with simpler clues to find other paintings. 

The gallery itself is beautifully laid out and there is a cafe too.

A painting contest for kids is to be held on 20th April.